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H. P. BUFPON.

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No. 266,428. Patented 0013.24, 1882.

WITNESSESI INV-ENTOR i f I J/Wjm/ aum . ATTORNEYS.

IINTTTD STATES HUGH I. BUFFON, OF FORT D. A.

RUSSELL, WYOMING TERRITORY.

COFFEE-ROASTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,428, dated October 24, 1882,

Application tiled March 24, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH PATRtcK BUF- FON, of Fort D. A. Russell, in the county of Laramie and Territory of Wyoming, have invented a new and Improved Coffee-Roaster, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is intended to form a convenient and portable apparatus for nse in roasting cott'ce, popping corn, or heating or cooking other substances.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part otl this` specih'cation, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the tigures.

Figure l isa plan view ot' my improved coffeeroasler. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the cylinder.

The drawings represent a preferred form of the improvement, in which A represents the roaster, hich is t'ormed ot' one long and one short tube, having respectively the heads B O. The short cylinder' slides within the larger, and has a shortjournal, D, which serves both as a pivot and a handle l'or manipulating the head O, so as to open or close the long cylinder. Each ot' thc heads 13 O is provided with holes I for the escape ol' the vapor-ized moisture from the coffee, so that the berry may roast brown and dry and without toughness or adark hue.

G represents the stove-cover to be used in combination with the cylinder, said cover having` an opening, H, through it for the cylinder, also having upright bearings I for the pivots ofthe cylinder, and also a handle. J, by which to use it. The size and shape of the hole ll and the height ot' the bearing-standards-and the cylinder are so relatively arranged that when the cylinder rests in the bearings it tits closely in and closes the hole in the cover to prevent the escape ot' smoke from the tire. The cover G is merely a plain iat cover of ordinary form. without other r,extension from its upper surface than the pivot-hearings, therefore bc- (Model.)

ing simple and inexpensive. The cylinder is also ofthe most simple form and construction. At the same time the two devices comprise all the requirements for a practically successful family coffeeroaster, and it is alike useful for a corn-popper.

By the holes I), provided in the ends ofthe cylinder, the coii'ee can be readily seen, as it lies against the heads around the hole, to watch the roasting, and the escaping vapor therefrom carries oit' much ot' the chatt1 and dust produced by the heat and friction of the grains, thus enabling the coit'ee to be turned out clean and well cooked.

The handle J and bearings I upon the apertured stove cover orlid are not essential elements of the simplest form ot' my invention, it being evident that handle J may be dispensed with, and the ordinary lifting-hole be provided inthe cover tor moving it with a separate lil'ter, it beingalso evident that the bearings I may be dispensed with, as the close tit of the cylinder A in the aperture II would constitute bearings` upon which the cylinder may be revolved; but the construction shown is preferred, in that it promotes convenience in handling` the apparatus, and insures its practically friet-ionless operation.

I am aware that colt'ee-roastcrs have been provided with handles and adapted to sit on a stove, also that a stove-plate has' been provided with a hole and hearings for receiving a coffee-master, but

What I claim as new is- The roaster A, consisting of a long and a short cylinder, the latter sliding within the former, and provided respectively with the heads B O, having central journals, ot' which the 011e D serves both as a pivot and a handle for the head O, as shown and described.

IIUGH I. BUFFON.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. BEAN, JNo. K. JEFFREY. 

